Rough Draft

These are a few of my rough drafts for my september and august calendar, I am focusing on an art deco style with clean lines and stacked typography. I originally did not like the gradient behind the letters as it makes it far too hard to read but was becoming frustrated and chose the first image as a stoping point before butchering it too badly out of blind rage. I then came back and chose a different color palette and simplified the design more, giving it a more clean look.